Butter-package



v 2 sheets -sheet 2.

(No Model) D. S. JONES.

BUTTER, PACKAGE,

No. 293,035. I Patented Feb. 5,1884.-

STATES l NITE PATENT OFFICE,

BUTTER-PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,035, dated February 5, 1884.

i Application filed December 10,1883. (NomoCeL) T0 alt whom, 226 may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. JONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kortright, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Packages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- I ings, which form a part of this specification,

and in which Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the jar forming a part of my improved butterpaekage. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the upper part of the jar, showing the several parts slightly removed from position the better to illustrate their construction. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view of the shipping-case within which my improved jar is packed for shipment, and which forms a part of my invention. Fig. 4 is asectional view of one of the hollow rubber balls and its base, which are secured against the sides and upon the bottom of the I shipping'case; and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of the lifting device by which the jar is eoveniently lifted.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to that class of butterpackages comprising ajar having a cover made convex on its lower side, a sealingband of rubber. or othersuitable material, and a packing-case provided with suitable blocks or cushions, against which the jar rests when packed within the ease for shipment; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a butter-package ofthe above-mentioned class, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents aglass jar, which may be of any desired size, having formed upon it, near its upper F indicates an endless band, which may be of any desired-length, width, or thickness, and which fits tightly around the bulge D, and up and around the edge of the cover B, thereby forming an absolutely air-tight joint.

C rep resents the shippingcase, the one shown in the drawings being of such a size as to hold only one of the butter-j ars. Against the sides and upon the bottom of the case 0 are rigidly secured, by means of any suitable cement of sufficient strength, the base pieces K, which may be of any suitable material.

H indicates the hollow rubber' balls or spheres, which form air-cushions and elastic pads, upon and against which the glass jar A rests, and which serve to prevent breakage of the said jar while in course of shipment, the said balls (the sides of which are of 0011- siderable thickness) being cut away or recessed on one side at H, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, to adapt them to be placed upon and fit upon the base-pieces K, where they are secured by means of any suitable cement of sufficient strength.

The removable lifting device shown in detail in Fig. 4 of the drawings consists of a metal ring. L, having lugs or cars J and hail or handle J, the ring L being of such a size as to fitaround the jar A, immediately beneath the lower edge of the lower swell or bulge G.

In packing the jars with butter the butter is filled in up to the upper edge ofthe lower bulge, G, and the jar is then filled with brine up to its upper edge, the object of the bulge G being to prevent the butter from rising when covered with the brine. The cover B is then placed on the jar, when the center of its lower convex side will first touch the brine, and as the cover is pressed downward the air will all be driven outward from the center and over the edge of the jar. The rubber sealing-band F is then put on, and the packing operation is completed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction of my i'inproved butter-package will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

I am aware that packing or shipping cases have been heretofore constructed provided with elastic supports or cushions, upon and against which the jar rests or bears, and I do not therefore claim such construetion,broadly; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. A transportation-ease for butter-jars or similar articles, consisting of a casing, C, having elastic cushions which consist of basepieces K and hollow rubber balls or spheres H, cut away or recessed upon one of their sides, and secured vupon the base-pieces K, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. A transportation-package consisting of a casing, 0, having elastic cushions consisting I5 of hollow rubber balls or spheres H, secured upon suitable base-pieces, K,upon its sides and bottom, and a glass jar A, constructed as described.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL S. JONES.

Witnesses:

O. F. SHELLAND, \V. H. MoRRIs. 

